KØHB wrote:

"Michael Coslo" wrote


The unskilled operators don't do very well even with an excellent setup, and
the skilled operators do well with a more mundane setup that the new or less
experienced have a lot of trouble with.



This assertion is different from your original question which implied that
100W/dipole stations are manned by better operators than "knob twiddlers" found
at better equipped stations.

It was a question, Hans. Not an implication. It isn't an either or
proposition either. I'd be purdy dum to think that those who have more
mundane setups have better ops than those at the better stations.

And I would still want to have that good op with a 100 watt station
than the not so good op at the "contest station".

Obviously the best setup is the good op at the good station.




My assertion is that competition-grade STATIONS
("competition grade" does not mean "most expensive") are built and operated by
competition-grade radiomen. Witness K1TTT, KC1XX, W3LPL, W0AIH, N0AT, K0KX,
K3LR, W7RM, etc., etc.

Of course. But this whole tangent of the thread was based on my
assertion that between the good operator and the good equipment, your
best to side with the good operator.

Kinda like buying that huge Craftsman (or Snap-On or whatever) tool set
and cabinet doesn't make you a master mechanic. However, many master
mechanics have that same tool set.

- Mike KB3EIA -